Is there chance to play Zelda89 with TI89 emulator? I don't own a TI-89 but would love to see zelda running, and I was trying to with that Windows95 emulator. I can run the emulator(i have flash ROM in same dir as emu) but I can't run zelda. I have also Plusshell and zeldaBeta in that directory but i don't know how to load zelda. I think i should have backup of calculator memory in that directory, would it work then?
please help, i'm not any pirate, but just want to see this game running with my own eyes...

You are talking about a TI89 emulator. But where have you found it? In ticalc.org ? Other, answer to me. thanks.

there was link on ticalc.org to it once..
check the ticalc.org news-section and then news-history (link at the bottom of the page)

RTFM.
unzip the necessary .89z files from the PlusShell zip. While running the emulator, press F10 to bring up an Open window. Select kernel.89z and all the libraries (*lib.89z & util.89z). You can only transfer one file at a time so keep using F10 until they are all copied. I don't know exactly which ones you need. Install PlusShell by typing kernel() at the home screen. It should say "PlusShell vXXXX installed." Use F10 to transfer zelda89b.89z to the emulator. Run Zelda by typing zelda89b() at the home screen.

ok thanks it worked just fine

I think that you should try and make a Zelda like this for the TI-86. It would be great even if it took up all of the avaliable space.

Blah... again one person who is too lazy to read other messages-it has been said like hundred times that Zelda will be coming for ti86 too...

Now let me make this clear;
Zelda IS coming for TI-85(yes, good ol' 85) and same game should be working on TI-86 too. It will have a whole new plot and it should be a really long-lasting adventure. It is somewhat similar to TI-89 version but plot's different and sprites are smaller(they still look fine at the moment, and are still optimized more).
This game will be available for beta-testers very soon. Now I hope everyone got it this time.
And sorry CCIA for using your news space here...

I dont see what all the fuss is about? It's MUCH
harder to draw graphics yourself than to just
rip it from a finished game. It looks good cause
the designers at Nintendo are good, not because
of some great programming feat.

You're right.
It's great to have such game on TI-89, but still. Even if those GameBoy Zelda sprites are kinda cool, they are not perfect. When this game uses same size in sprites as Gameboy version does, CCIA could enhance the graphics slightly. Maybe they thought people would dig it more in it's original form. As I've noticed(i'm working with zelda for TI-85's art), drawing graphics from scratch is very hard and sometimes even frustrating(I can't rip original graphics since our game is in 10x10 sprites and gameboy/ti89 version is 16x16 sprites). still, I'm trying to make the game look as cool as possible and i hope everyone will like my graphics. Especially Links animation has to be different from original because of smaller drawing space.
If you think drawing zelda from scratch is piece of cake, go ahead and try it; open windows paint and draw Link in 10x10, then you know better=D
(as you noticed this text wasn't pointed to Jonas, but to everyone..)

how do you use moremem?

To use MoreMem, install the program on your TI, and just launch it. It's placing some programs which you have in your RAM memory in a special overclocked memory. Then you can use the free space, now created.

Is Zelda89 using compression? If so, why is it so big? Is it really that big because it's good?

Is there going to be any sound on Zelda89? I might have wrong but I remember CCIA saying they were working on the sound?
If not. Have the TI-89 the capacity to run a game (like Zelda) with background music?

In case people were wondering, the Zelda 82/83 project has been resumed. No beta testers are wanted. A new beta should be made public this weekend fixing all of the bugs of the old one and adding a few new features.

Will there be an 86 port? If so, what's your best guess on when it will be released.?